The authors, Lena Neij and Gregory Nemet, argue that accelerating the transition to a low-carbon society, depends on the advancement of our understanding of 1) the local learning required to reduce implementation costs, and 2) the policy mechanisms vital to stimulate local learning. 

Read the article "Accelerating the low-carbon transition will require policy to enhance local learning" in Science Direct (open access)

Highlights

• Learning has provided substantial cost reduction for hardware energy technologies.
• Hardware costs comprise a decreasing share of total costs of low-carbon technologies.
• Implementation costs comprise an increasing share of total costs.
• A low-carbon transition requires local learning to reduce implementation costs.
• A low-carbon transition requires policy mechanisms to stimulate local learning.